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* [[CallOfDuty "Blowhole. King Rat. Officer X. These men, these "animals" must DIE." ]]
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* But Private's wish was to make it so that everything that had happened would un-happen, which would have included the trip to Paris. So, either the elephant picked up that bread and hat somewhere else, or else the elephant discovered the power of the wishing well by himself and took a trip.
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[[WMG: Doris is in league with Dr. Blowhole]]
All we know about Doris is that she's a dolphin, Kowalski records himself on DVD reciting love poetry about her and breaking into sobs, Skipper has had at least one dream about her which may or may not be based on reality, and Doris likes Kowalski but she doesn't "like him" like him. So, where is she, and why ''doesn't'' she "like" like Kowalski? Perhaps she's one of Dr. Blowhole's agents. (They're both dolphins. It makes perfectly logical sense.) She was sent to seduce the "smart one" of the penguins and get whatever info she could out of him. Her absence from the series could be for many reasons: maybe she found what she was sent to find and/or had to abandon the mission, and left; maybe Dr. Blowhole thought she was getting too emotionally involved and ordered her off the mission; or maybe she's currently involved in one of Dr. Blowhole's larger, more nefarious schemes. Quite probably the penguins have yet to learn that she's an agent, or else Skipper's "she doesn't 'like you' like you" line would have been something more like "she's ''evil'', remember?"
* Alternately, at least Skipper and maybe the other penguins found out the truth, but Kowalski didn't. Skipper may have decided that there's little to no danger of Doris coming back, and so he chose not to break Kowalski's heart by telling him. ("She just wants to be friends with you" is bad enough, "She just wants to use you for her boss's evil plots" is even worse.) Under that interpretation, maybe Skipper's suspicious "No Doris, Kowalski must never know" dream was actually him asking dream-Doris not to tell dream-Kowalski that she's an evil agent out to break his heart. (Dreams. They rarely make sense.)
When/if she shows up (and it's quite possible she will, as the show is very fond of taking earlier episodes' throwaway gags and devoting a whole episode to them), the plot could take one of two turns: either she'll secretly lead Kowalski on over the course of the episode and try to squeeze as much valuable info/tech out of him as possible, or she'll reveal her allegiance at beginning and attempt to bribe Kowalski over to the dark side. As an earlier WMG points out, Dr. Blowhole is more Kowalski's nemesis than Skipper's, by virtue of his complete freedom to do or make whatever he wants ForScience, and Kowalski is already jealous of that. If it suddenly reaches the point where making a FaceHeelTurn means not only getting unlimited scientific freedom, but also getting the girl...
Of course, whichever way the plot goes, by the end Kowalski will [[StatusQuoIsGod choose the penguins over Doris]]. Attempting to [[HighHeelFaceTurn bring Doris to the side of good]] as well is optional.
All we know about Doris is that she's a dolphin, Kowalski records himself on DVD reciting love poetry about her and breaking into sobs, Skipper has had at least one dream about her which may or may not be based on reality, and Doris likes Kowalski but she doesn't "like him" like him. So, where is she, and why ''doesn't'' she "like" like Kowalski? Perhaps she's one of Dr. Blowhole's agents. (They're both dolphins. It makes perfectly logical sense.) She was sent to seduce the "smart one" of the penguins and get whatever info she could out of him. Her absence from the series could be for many reasons: maybe she found what she was sent to find and/or had to abandon the mission, and left; maybe Dr. Blowhole thought she was getting too emotionally involved and ordered her off the mission; or maybe she's currently involved in one of Dr. Blowhole's larger, more nefarious schemes. Quite probably the penguins have yet to learn that she's an agent, or else Skipper's "she doesn't 'like you' like you" line would have been something more like "she's ''evil'', remember?"
* Alternately, at least Skipper and maybe the other penguins found out the truth, but Kowalski didn't. Skipper may have decided that there's little to no danger of Doris coming back, and so he chose not to break Kowalski's heart by telling him. ("She just wants to be friends with you" is bad enough, "She just wants to use you for her boss's evil plots" is even worse.) Under that interpretation, maybe Skipper's suspicious "No Doris, Kowalski must never know" dream was actually him asking dream-Doris not to tell dream-Kowalski that she's an evil agent out to break his heart. (Dreams. They rarely make sense.)
When/if she shows up (and it's quite possible she will, as the show is very fond of taking earlier episodes' throwaway gags and devoting a whole episode to them), the plot could take one of two turns: either she'll secretly lead Kowalski on over the course of the episode and try to squeeze as much valuable info/tech out of him as possible, or she'll reveal her allegiance at beginning and attempt to bribe Kowalski over to the dark side. As an earlier WMG points out, Dr. Blowhole is more Kowalski's nemesis than Skipper's, by virtue of his complete freedom to do or make whatever he wants ForScience, and Kowalski is already jealous of that. If it suddenly reaches the point where making a FaceHeelTurn means not only getting unlimited scientific freedom, but also getting the girl...
Of course, whichever way the plot goes, by the end Kowalski will [[StatusQuoIsGod choose the penguins over Doris]]. Attempting to [[HighHeelFaceTurn bring Doris to the side of good]] as well is optional.
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* Or maybe it already happened, and he's already got nothing, which is why he's willing to live in the zoo. In exile, where nobody knows about lemur politics, he can still claim to be a monarch. Who's there to argue?
* Alternately, for those who buy into the Julien-is-a-{{Transsexual}} theory, perhaps he was supposed to marry a male lemur (assuming the lemurs let Julien get away with claiming to be male only because they still consider him to be a "her" and thus queen). The sheer amount of [[{{Squick}} squickiness]] he'd get from that idea might be enough to keep him from trying to get home, even though presumably he'd still be the one in power.
* Alternately, for those who buy into the Julien-is-a-{{Transsexual}} theory, perhaps he was supposed to marry a male lemur (assuming the lemurs let Julien get away with claiming to be male only because they still consider him to be a "her" and thus queen). The sheer amount of [[{{Squick}} squickiness]] he'd get from that idea might be enough to keep him from trying to get home, even though presumably he'd still be the one in power.
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Specifically of the Female-to-Male variety. The other lemurs in the movies would obviously do whatever he told them to, which would include treating him like a King rather than a Queen, and in the series the other animals allow him to pretend to still be an authority figure because he would otherwise have no way to maintain his desired gender identity and they are all nice like that.
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Specifically of the Female-to-Male variety. The other lemurs in the movies would obviously do whatever he told them to, which would include treating him like a King rather than a Queen, and in Queen. In the series series, the other zoo animals allow him to pretend to still be an authority figure because he would otherwise have no way to maintain his desired gender identity and they are all nice like that.
* Considering that lemurs are supposed to be matriarchal, it would be more logical for the lemurs to want a queen than to want a king, so this would make sense. Maybe they let Julien get away with ruling as "king" by deciding that they ''do'' still have a queen, just a crazy queen who wants to be called king instead. When Maurice refers to Julien in the movie as "self-proclaimed lord of the lemurs," perhaps he means the "self-proclaimed" part is in the implied gender of "lord," not the status itself. (Or, both.)
* An alternate to the "they are all nice like that" idea: maybe the other animals in the zoo don't realize that Julien is transsexual? Despite the fact that he's, you know, naked. I wouldn't put it past the [[FantasticRacism rather anti-mammal]] penguins (who can't even tell their own sexes) to completely miss even ''primary'' sex characteristics in mammals. As for everyone else? ...Maybe they just don't look too hard?
** Or, considering that they might have another transsexual animal in the zoo (Joey the kangaroo), perhaps by the time the lemurs arrived, the zoo animals had concluded that questioning the preferred gender of a female animal who's acting male will result in an excruciating amount of pain.
* Considering that lemurs are supposed to be matriarchal, it would be more logical for the lemurs to want a queen than to want a king, so this would make sense. Maybe they let Julien get away with ruling as "king" by deciding that they ''do'' still have a queen, just a crazy queen who wants to be called king instead. When Maurice refers to Julien in the movie as "self-proclaimed lord of the lemurs," perhaps he means the "self-proclaimed" part is in the implied gender of "lord," not the status itself. (Or, both.)
* An alternate to the "they are all nice like that" idea: maybe the other animals in the zoo don't realize that Julien is transsexual? Despite the fact that he's, you know, naked. I wouldn't put it past the [[FantasticRacism rather anti-mammal]] penguins (who can't even tell their own sexes) to completely miss even ''primary'' sex characteristics in mammals. As for everyone else? ...Maybe they just don't look too hard?
** Or, considering that they might have another transsexual animal in the zoo (Joey the kangaroo), perhaps by the time the lemurs arrived, the zoo animals had concluded that questioning the preferred gender of a female animal who's acting male will result in an excruciating amount of pain.
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[[WMG: Manfredi and Johnson are Skipper's old action figures.]]
Ever since he was a mere fledgling, he dreamed of adventuring with his own squadron. So he got a couple of [[strike:dolls]] ''action figures'' and had various misadventures. This is why he claims that they suffered various gruesome fates that would ''kill'' a normal penguin: in one way or another, all of those stories ''actually happened'' in one form or another. Given Skipper's nature, not all of these adventures were ''just'' his imagination... Manfredi and Johnson probably went through the same sort of abuse '''[[{{Mythbusters}} BUSTER]]''' gets.
Ever since he was a mere fledgling, he dreamed of adventuring with his own squadron. So he got a couple of [[strike:dolls]] ''action figures'' and had various misadventures. This is why he claims that they suffered various gruesome fates that would ''kill'' a normal penguin: in one way or another, all of those stories ''actually happened'' in one form or another. Given Skipper's nature, not all of these adventures were ''just'' his imagination... Manfredi and Johnson probably went through the same sort of abuse '''[[{{Mythbusters}} BUSTER]]''' gets.
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*Hmm... talking about red squirrels, eh? [[MadLibsCatchPhrase Know who else talks about red squirrels?]]
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[[WMG: Buck Rockgut would be no danger to the plans of Red Squirrel even if he was still around.]]
This is not so much a Wild Mass Guessing. It's rather obvious. Rockgut is paranoid beyond sanity, and completely incapable of logical thinking. Chances are high that if the Red Squirrel would act openly, Rockgut would suspect anyone else but the real Red Squirrel.
This is not so much a Wild Mass Guessing. It's rather obvious. Rockgut is paranoid beyond sanity, and completely incapable of logical thinking. Chances are high that if the Red Squirrel would act openly, Rockgut would suspect anyone else but the real Red Squirrel.
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[[WMG: The wishing well from WishfulThinking really did work.]]
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[[WMG: The wishing well from WishfulThinking the episode Wishful Thinking really did work.]]
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[[WMG: The wishing well from WishfulThinking really did work.]]
At the end of the episode, we see that the elephant really had been to Paris. So apparently the wishing well really did work. Perhaps it's the result of a side effect of one of Kowalski's experiments that he himself is unaware of.
At the end of the episode, we see that the elephant really had been to Paris. So apparently the wishing well really did work. Perhaps it's the result of a side effect of one of Kowalski's experiments that he himself is unaware of.
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[[WMG: [[WallaceAndGromit Feathers McGraw]] is an ex-teammate of Skipper's.]]
He pulled a FaceHeelTurn and left the organization. It's only a matter of time before they cross paths again, though...
He pulled a FaceHeelTurn and left the organization. It's only a matter of time before they cross paths again, though...
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[[WMG:Rico is a powerful psychic capable of creating any object with his mind]]
He hasn't actually ingested any of the stuff he spits out - he actually has the ability to cause anything he imagines to come into being and fire it from his mouth. This explains his HammerSpaceArsenal, and the fact that he seems to have a ContextSensitiveButton allowing anything the situation calls for to just so happen to be readily available. If he so chooses, he can also store things in this dimension by putting them in his mouth.
He hasn't actually ingested any of the stuff he spits out - he actually has the ability to cause anything he imagines to come into being and fire it from his mouth. This explains his HammerSpaceArsenal, and the fact that he seems to have a ContextSensitiveButton allowing anything the situation calls for to just so happen to be readily available. If he so chooses, he can also store things in this dimension by putting them in his mouth.
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[[WMG: Doris the Dolphin isn't real]]
Let's look at the love lives of the penguins, shall we:
*In the movies, Skipper had Lola, a bobble-head doll. He even went as far as marrying her in the second movie. (Though on the show he did have Kitka for that one episode.)
*Then we have Rico with Dolly. Dolly is a Barbie-type doll.
*Private, on the other hand, doesn't seem to share the penguin's lust of inanimate objects. His only love interest has been Cupid, a lady reindeer on the Merry Madagascar special. It's implied though that Private hasn't been with penguins as long, hence isn't as insane as everyone else. He's the exception that proves the rule.
Following this trend, it can be assumed that Doris the dolphin is a signpost, a statue, or even another doll.
Let's look at the love lives of the penguins, shall we:
*In the movies, Skipper had Lola, a bobble-head doll. He even went as far as marrying her in the second movie. (Though on the show he did have Kitka for that one episode.)
*Then we have Rico with Dolly. Dolly is a Barbie-type doll.
*Private, on the other hand, doesn't seem to share the penguin's lust of inanimate objects. His only love interest has been Cupid, a lady reindeer on the Merry Madagascar special. It's implied though that Private hasn't been with penguins as long, hence isn't as insane as everyone else. He's the exception that proves the rule.
Following this trend, it can be assumed that Doris the dolphin is a signpost, a statue, or even another doll.
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** ... So you ''are'' condoning it?
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Simply put, there is no way, even as absolutely brilliant as Kowalski is, that he could come up with his inventions without ever being able to read. Skipper probably told him to always pretend not to know how to for a strategic reason (e.g. anyone gathering info on the penguins would get that piece of information wrong).
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Simply put, there is no way, even as absolutely brilliant as Kowalski is, that he could come up with his inventions without ever being able to read. Skipper probably told him to always pretend not to know how to for a strategic reason (e.g. anyone gathering info on the penguins would get that piece of information wrong). Evidence for this is that he can operate his mini-computer / voice synthesizer perfectly, and get it to say whatever he wants to.
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[[WMG: Kowalski can actually read]]
Simply put, there is no way, even as absolutely brilliant as Kowalski is, that he could come up with his inventions without ever being able to read. Skipper probably told him to always pretend not to know how to for a strategic reason (e.g. anyone gathering info on the penguins would get that piece of information wrong).
*Alternatively, he can't read now, but will learn how to by the end of the series as some much needed character development.
Simply put, there is no way, even as absolutely brilliant as Kowalski is, that he could come up with his inventions without ever being able to read. Skipper probably told him to always pretend not to know how to for a strategic reason (e.g. anyone gathering info on the penguins would get that piece of information wrong).
*Alternatively, he can't read now, but will learn how to by the end of the series as some much needed character development.
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[[WMG: Dr. Blowhole's crab mooks are [[SouthPark crab people]].]]
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[[WMG: Dr. Blowhole's crab mooks [[{{Mook}} mooks]] are [[SouthPark crab people]].]]
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[[WMG: Dr. Blowhole's crab mooks are [[SouthPark crab people]].]]
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[[WMG: Julien is married or was suppose to get married back in Madagascar.]]
Think about it. Julien makes a big deal about king yet he surrounds with people that couldn't care less about his title. Why not just go back to Madagascar where all his adoring fans are? Because if he went back, he would be force to get married. The new queen will get all of Julien's power since lemur have female monarchy, leaving Julien with nothing.
Think about it. Julien makes a big deal about king yet he surrounds with people that couldn't care less about his title. Why not just go back to Madagascar where all his adoring fans are? Because if he went back, he would be force to get married. The new queen will get all of Julien's power since lemur have female monarchy, leaving Julien with nothing.
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* Implying that they fought for the communists, this theory would also explain why Skipper uses quotes from chairman Mao and Che Guevara (both at least once) in ''{{Madagascar}}'' and ''Escape 2 Africa''.
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* Implying that they fought for the communists, this theory would also explain why Skipper quotes chairman Mao and Che Guevara both at least once in ''{{Madagascar}}'' and ''Escape 2 Africa''.
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* Implying that they fought for the communists, this theory would also explain why Skipper uses quotes from chairman Mao and Che Guevara both (both at least once once) in ''{{Madagascar}}'' and ''Escape 2 Africa''.
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* To be specific, Skipper and Rico fought for the ''communists''. That's why Skipper quotes both chairman Mao and Che Guevara in ''{{Madagascar}}'' and ''Escape 2 Africa''.
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* To be specific, Skipper and Rico Implying that they fought for the ''communists''. That's communists, this theory would also explain why Skipper quotes both chairman Mao and Che Guevara both at least once in ''{{Madagascar}}'' and ''Escape 2 Africa''.
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* To be specific, Skipper and Rico fought for the ''communists''. That's why Skipper quotes both chairman Mao and Che Guevara in ''{{Madagascar}}'' and ''Escape 2 Africa''.
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* It's also the reason why Marlene is a constantly happy ValleyGirl and enthusiastic about anything. God wanted to show irony by turning her character around 180 degrees in her new incarnation.
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* It's also the reason why Marlene is a constantly happy ValleyGirl and enthusiastic about anything. God wanted to show irony by turning her character around 180 degrees in for her new incarnation.
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* It's also the reason why Marlene is nearly constantly happy and enthusiastic. God wanted to show irony by turning her character around 180 degrees.
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Why not?
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[[WMG: The penguins are a metaphor for the Open Source movement, especially Linux. The lemurs represent the big software corporations, especially Microsoft and Apple.]]
